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Journey Begins
In the summer of '97 I was born, and my journey of developing new literacies began. -
No, David!
One of the first books I was exposed to was No, David! Through this book about the naughtiness of David, I learned about things I shouldn't do. I also learned that there were consequences for my actions. It's safe to say that all kids can identify with the character David as they develop through visual images of the book; thus learning how to function as kids in a society. The artifact represents this event by using an image. Images are the one of the main sources of visual literacy. -
Winnie the Pooh
Another example of visual literacy in my life would be Winnie the Pooh. This was my favorite movie as a child and I would watch it over and over again. This movie taught me the importance of friendship and kindliness to others. It helped me become functional in a setting with other kids of my age. -
Leap Pad
At around the age of 7, my parents bought me a Leap Pad. This exciting new tool for kids to learn introduced me to computer literacy. It was a source of technology that I was excited to learn how to use and it helped set the foundation for future computer literacy developments. -
Junie B. Jones
The Junie B. Jones series clealy demonstrates cultural literacy for me. Not only was I able to interpret her emotions through the dialogue within the text, but I was also able to identy and relate to her as a young girl. -
Harry Pottter Series
I read the Harry Potter series nonstop. I was so eager to indulge myself in the pleasure and passion that I had for this series. I became so passionate with these books that it eventually gave me a sense of identity, These books felt like home and I realize now that this a time that I experienced emotional literacy. -
That's So Raven
The TV show That's So Raven gave me an outlook on current issues that are still around. As a young child of only 11 years old, I was exposed to multicultural literacy. This show shed light on issues such as racism in its episodes. It taught me to be tolerate of other races and how important it is to treat others equally. At first, I attempted to use a GIF as my artifact, but instead it turned it into a static image. However, the image includes the subtitles of the racist comment. -
Freedom Writers
Freedom Writers is one of those movies that's truly able to captivate you. This movie is about a group of students from all sorts of different ethnic backgrounds coming together to initiate change and to better themselves. While watching it, I was exposed to civic literacy as I saw how the actors pulled through to make a change within themselves and in their society. This artifact conveys how they're getting together, from all around, and having a good time. -
Mean Girls
In my junior year of high school, we were asked to perform a Pop Culture research on artifact and I chose Mean Girls. The movie Mean Girls gave me a sense of media literacy as I saw the harsh effects of a form of media, such as the Burn Book. I realized then how powerful yet detrimental aspects of culture, such as forms of media can be. This artifact accurately represents this event because it shows how the characters read the Burn Book (a form of media) to inflict harassment. -
Learning How to Drive
On my graduation day in May of this year, I got my first car. I already had some experience in driving but finally getting a car ultimately put it to the test. Learning how to drive is a transition in life and it further developed and shaped my functional literacy. Being a driver is something that most, if not all of us will have to do at some point and it's a huge part of being able to get around in a functioning society.
